2 for $20: With speedy lunches, Asian Noodles Express lives up to name

4:29 PM,
Jan. 13, 2013

A $6.50 curry chicken combo lunch special at Asian Noodles Express in Sparks consists of main course, soup, rice, chow mein and a choice of potstickers or chicken wings. Express is the sister restaurant of popular Asian Noodles in the Reno Costco center.

Written by

Jackie Green
jgreen@rgj.com

THE PLACE: Asian Noodles Express, the little sister of Reno's Asian Noodles, occupies an unusual location in a small strip mall near a sandwich shop in the industrial section of Sparks. The Express is dishing out Vietnamese and Chinese food to a nearly full restaurant one recent workday. Most of our fellow diners are men, fairly well split between those wearing ties and those in blue jeans. We also notice several diners picking up to-go orders.

Getting to Asian Noodle Express is a bit of a drive if you're not on the east side of town or in Sparks, but easy access off Interstate 80 and McCarran ...